50mm socket

[kallend 1,625]

Any idea if any auto or hardware chain stores are likely to have a 50mm (or 2-in) socket in stock? I'm replacing some rear wheel bearings.

I can order online but need it NOW.

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[AggieDave 6]

I've found a last minute need for an extra-large socket (36mm for my VW's drive nuts in this case) at Harbor Freight. In your area you may have a Northern Tool, which will give you about the same stuff.

The tools are typically low grade, but it will get you through a project, typically.

Other then that, Sears has saved my butt before for a strange socket or wrench.

Beyond that, for a right now solution, what sort of shop tools do you posses?

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[Jbag 0]

home depot has saved my ass before.

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[1969912 0]

Schucks/Kragen/Checker shops should have one. NAPA will too, but will be more $. Also check Harbor Freight if there is one nearby. A good Sears store should also have one.

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[NickDG 23]

Sears has them. I needed a 1 7/8s socket and noticed they had up to two inch ones . . .

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[usedtajump 1]

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I've found a last minute need for an extra-large socket (36mm for my VW's drive nuts in this case) at Harbor Freight. In your area you may have a Northern Tool, which will give you about the same stuff.

The tools are typically low grade, but it will get you through a project, typically.

Other then that, Sears has saved my butt before for a strange socket or wrench.

Beyond that, for a right now solution, what sort of shop tools do you posses?

I had more than a passing acquaintance with Harbor Freight's return counter until after three returns in a row I quit shopping there. Some real crap comes out of those stores.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[akarunway 1]

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Any idea if any auto or hardware chain stores are likely to have a 50mm (or 2-in) socket in stock? I'm replacing some rear wheel bearings.

I can order online but need it NOW.

I take it you don't plan ahead AND have no patience I can FedEx one overnight for the right price.

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[gearless_chris 1]

Beyond that, for a right now solution, what sort of shop tools do you posses?

I'm picturing a piece of 1/8"X2" steel, bent to match the nut, and turned with a pipe wrench. A welder would be handy to weld a socket in place for a ratchet.

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

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[IanHarrop 37]

Try Canadian Tire http://www.canadiantire.ca

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[Pokerstar 0]

+1 on Northern Tools and / or Harbor Freight. Much less expensive than Sears, not the same quality, but this is for very infrequent use.

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[JohnMitchell 14]

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+1 on Northern Tools and / or Harbor Freight. Much less expensive than Sears, not the same quality, but this is for very infrequent use.

But how long of a cheater bar is the Professor going to need? He might want a good one.

[AggieDave 6]

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But how long of a cheater bar is the Professor going to need? He might want a good one.

You say that, but about 15 years ago I snapped the nipple clean off a 1/2" drive Craftsman breaker bar, taking the drive nuts off my VW. 36mm and a factory torque of 300 ft/lbs. I had 10ft of pipe on that thing and I was standing on it! Still didn't break the nut loose.

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[DrewEckhardt 0]

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+1 on Northern Tools and / or Harbor Freight. Much less expensive than Sears, not the same quality, but this is for very infrequent use.

But how long of a cheater bar is the Professor going to need? He might want a good one.

The inner spindle nut sets bearing pre-load so it pretty much has no torque, and the outer one just has enough to lock it in place.

[Squeak 17]

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+1 on Northern Tools and / or Harbor Freight. Much less expensive than Sears, not the same quality, but this is for very infrequent use.

But how long of a cheater bar is the Professor going to need? He might want a good one.

He should have a CNC machine handy to him, and the lazy old git could make one for himself.

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[monkycndo 0]

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I had 10ft of pipe on that thing and I was standing on it! Still didn't break the nut loose.

Maybe you should have found someone a bit heavier to stand on the end of the pipe.

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[gearless_chris 1]

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But how long of a cheater bar is the Professor going to need? He might want a good one.

You say that, but about 15 years ago I snapped the nipple clean off a 1/2" drive Craftsman breaker bar, taking the drive nuts off my VW. 36mm and a factory torque of 300 ft/lbs. I had 10ft of pipe on that thing and I was standing on it! Still didn't break the nut loose.

You mean because you later found out it was left hand thread?

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

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[AggieDave 6]

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You mean because you later found out it was left hand thread?

HA! Nope. In 1995 I think I was the first person to do a brake job (requires taking the nut off for the rear drum) in the life of the vehicle!

A hot wrench worked well...in conjunction with an air wrench...

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[JohnMitchell 14]

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You say that, but about 15 years ago I snapped the nipple clean off a 1/2" drive Craftsman breaker bar, taking the drive nuts off my VW. 36mm and a factory torque of 300 ft/lbs. I had 10ft of pipe on that thing and I was standing on it! Still didn't break the nut loose.

I wasn't really joking either.

When I was a teenager I was working on my Mustang and broke a Craftsmen 1-1/8" about the same way. My mom was heading to the mall, and I asked her to take it in and exchange it for me. I told her ( all 5'4", 105 pounds) to tell the salesman she broke it.

[JohnMitchell 14]

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inner spindle nut sets bearing pre-load so it pretty much has no torque, and the outer one just has enough to lock it in place.

I've heard that some Volvo's have a nut on the suspension that has to be torqued to over 1000 foot/pounds. The mechanic described a 10 foot cheater bar and 100 pounds of weight. Any Volvo experts know for sure?

[JohnMitchell 14]

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He should have a CNC machine handy to him, and the lazy old git could make one for himself.

Naw, he's a Physics major. Ask him to build a chicken coop and he'd say "Okay, first of all, let's assume a perfectly spherical chicken."

[gearless_chris 1]

[ryoder 1,384]

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You mean because you later found out it was left hand thread?

Grrr....
That takes me back to the time I snapped the second lug bolt on a 1970 Barracuda,
before I happened to remember hearing they had lefthand threads on one side of the car.
That had to be one of the most idiotic ideas Chrysler ever had.

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[JohnMitchell 14]

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That had to be one of the most idiotic ideas Chrysler ever had.

Yeah, really, I mean WTF why was that necessary.

[shropshire 0]

Angle Grinder ...... take it down to a size socket that you have got

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You mean because you later found out it was left hand thread?

Grrr....
That takes me back to the time I snapped the second lug bolt on a 1970 Barracuda,
before I happened to remember hearing they had lefthand threads on one side of the car.
That had to be one of the most idiotic ideas Chrysler ever had.

that along with a positive ground on a Chrysler marine engine, uhhh - you mean red goes to the negative???

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